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Macau Periodical Index (澳門期刊論文索引)
- Author
- Leong, Man Wai; Ma, Yong
- Title
- A study on Macau tourism education: the industry perspectives
- Journal Name
- 澳門科技大學學報
- Pub. Info
- Jun. 2007, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 63-76
- Keyword
- tourism education；tourism industry；industry perspectives；tourism talents
- Abstract
- Abstract : This paper is derived in part from the research findings of the Macau Foundation funded research project namely, "A study on the development of internationalization and localization for Macau tourism education". It will focus on the industry perspectives of tourism education in the aspects of the current situation of the tourism programs, the demand of tourism talents and the competencies required by the industries in order to provide concrete strategic suggestions to the local and international development of tourism education in Macau. Paragraph Headings： 1. Background of tourism education in Macau 1.1. development trend of tourism education to be internationalized and localized 1.2. Gaming tourism is one of the economic development supports of Macau 1.3. Macau tourism education is developing by leaps and bounds 1.4. The high-speed-developed tourism industry requires Macau to train internationalized and localized professionals 1.5. Room for perfection in coordinative development of internationalization and localization of Macau tourism education 2. Literature review: experiences of North America, Hong Kong, the PRC and Macau 3. Research design and method 4. Research findings and characteristics 5. Analysis, discussion and conclusion 5.1. Program development 5.2. Program(degree and non-degree) 5.3. competence focus Tables: 1. Tourism courses in demand according to importance 2. Graduates' general knowledge possessed 3. Graduates' hand-on capabilities possessed 4. Graduates' communication skills possessed 5. Graduates' sense of synergy possessed 6. Graduates' adaptability to work environment Figures: 1. Distribution of scatters vs. graduates' general knowledge 2. Distribution of scatters vs. graduates' general hand-on capabilities 3. Distribution of scatters vs. communication skills 4. Distribution of scatters vs. graduates' sense of synergy 5. Distribution of scatters vs. graduates' adaptability to work environment